Background
Levy, Robert Isaac was born on May 3, 1937 in Bronx, New York, United States. Son of George Gerson and Sarah (Levinson) Levy.
academic administrator educator physician
Levy, Robert Isaac was born on May 3, 1937 in Bronx, New York, United States. Son of George Gerson and Sarah (Levinson) Levy.
Bachelor with high honors and distinction, Cornell University, 1957. Doctor of Medicine cum laude, Yale University, 1961.
Intern, then assistant resident in medicine, Yale-New Haven Medical Center, 1961-1963; clinical associate molecular diseases, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Bethesda, Maryland., 1963-1966; chief resident, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Bethesda, Maryland., 1965-1966; attending physician molecular disease branch, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Bethesda, Maryland., 1965-1980; head section lipoproteins, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Bethesda, Maryland., 1966-1980; deputy clinical director institute, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Bethesda, Maryland., 1968-1969; chief clinical services molecular diseases branch, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Bethesda, Maryland., 1969-1973; chief lipid metabolism branch, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Bethesda, Maryland., 1970-1974; director division heart and vascular diseases, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Bethesda, Maryland., 1973-1975; director institute, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, Bethesda, Maryland., 1975-1981; vice president health science, dean School Medicine, Tufts U., Boston, 1981-1983; professor medicine, Tufts U., Boston, 1981-1983; vice president health science, Columbia University, New York City, 1983-1984; professor, Columbia University, New York City, 1983-1988; senior assistant vice president health science, Columbia University, New York City, 1985-1987; president, Sandoz Research Institute, East Hanover, New Jersey, 1988-1992; president Wyeth-Ayerst Research, Wyeth-Ayerst Labs division American Home Products, Philadelphia, 1992-1998; senior vice president science and technical, American Home Products Corporation, since 1998. Attending physician Georgetown University medical division District of Columbia General Hospital, 1966-1968;special consultant anti-lipid drugs Food and Drug Administration.
Surgeon United States Public Health Service, 1963—1966. Member of Association American Physicians, American Society Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Institute Medicine of National Academy of Sciences, American College Cardiology, American Society Clinical Investigation, American Society Clinical Nutrition, New York Academy of Sciences, American Federation Clinical Research, American Institute Nutrition, American Heart Association (council on atherosclerosis, Discovery award 1997), Phi Kappa Phi, Alpha Epsilon Delta, Alpha Omega Alpha, Sigma Xi, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Ellen Marie Feis, 1958. Children: Andrew, Joanne, Karen, Patricia.